Roger Yasukawa
Age: 47
Roger Yasukawa (born October 10, 1977) is an American auto racing driver.
He was born in Los Angeles, California. He is of Japanese-American descent.
Yasukawa started karting in Southern California, winning the California State Championship in 1991 in Junior Sportsman. He then moved to Italy to compete in JICA. He moved to car racing in 1997 in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship in England, before winning the West Coast Skip Barber Formula Dodge 2-Liter Championship in 1998. He moved back to the UK to compete in the inaugural Formula Palmer Audi Championship, before driving several years in the Barber Dodge Pro Series before moving up to the Toyota Atlantic championship in 2002 as a teammate to Ryan Hunter-Reay. He finished 10th in points.
Yasukawa signed to drive for former Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki's new Indy Racing League team in 2003. He was second to future series champion Dan Wheldon in the rookie-of-the-year standings and 12th overall, with 8 top-10 finishes. He ran only two races for Rahal Letterman Racing in 2004 but finished 10th both times. He struggled on a return to a full-time seat in 2005 for the underfunded Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
Yaskuawa has only made occasional IRL appearances since 2006. He drove in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for Playa Del Racing and finished 16th. He was a late entry for the 2007 event, running in Dreyer and Reinbold's third car, alongside 2004 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Rice and Sarah Fisher. In 2008 he contested the Motegi round as well as the 2008 Indianapolis 500, for Beck Motorsports, however he failed to qualify for Indy.
In 2007, Yasukawa drove the #11 SAMAX Motorsport Daytona Prototype at Infineon Raceway, finishing 17th.
Motorsports Career Results
American open-wheel racing results
(key)
Barber Dodge Pro Series
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | SEB |
NAZ |
LRP |
POR |
CLE |
ROA |
DET |
MDO |
GRA |
LS |
HMS |
WGI |
9th | 81 |
2000 | SEB |
MIA |
NAZ |
LRP |
DET |
CLE |
MDO |
ROA |
VAN |
LS |
RAT |
HMS |
7th | 94 |
2001 | SEB |
PIR |
LRP1 |
LRP2 |
DET |
CLE |
TOR |
CHI |
MDO |
ROA |
VAN |
LS |
4th | 128 |
Atlantic Championship
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Hylton Motorsports | MTY |
LBH |
MIL |
LS |
POR |
CHI |
TOR |
CLE |
TRR |
ROA |
MTL |
DEN |
10th | 73 |
IndyCar Series
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Super Aguri Fernandez Racing | Dallara IR-03 | Honda HI3R V8 | HMS |
PHX |
MOT |
IND |
TXS |
PPI |
RIR |
KAN |
NSH |
MIS |
STL |
KTY |
NZR |
CHI |
CAL |
TX2 |
12th | 301 | ||
2004 | Rahal Letterman Racing | G-Force GF09B | Honda HI4R V8 | HMS |
PHX |
MOT |
IND |
TXS |
RIR |
KAN | NSH | MIL | MIS | KTY | PPI | NZR | CHI | CAL | TX2 | 26th | 39 | ||
2005 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI5R V8 | HMS |
PHX |
STP |
MOT |
IND |
TXS |
RIR |
KAN |
NSH |
MIL |
MIS |
KTY |
PPI |
SNM |
CHI |
WGL |
CAL |
17th | 246 | |
2006 | Playa Del Racing | Panoz GF09C | Honda HI6R V8 | HMS | STP | MOT | IND |
WGL | TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MIS | KTY | SNM | CHI | 28th | 14 | ||||
2007 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI7R V8 | HMS | STP | MOT | KAN | IND |
MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | MIS | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | 30th | 12 | |
2008 | CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI7R V8 | HMS | STP | MOT1 |
LBH1 |
KAN | IND |
MIL | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | 35th | 16 |
2009 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI7R V8 | STP |
LBH |
KAN |
IND |
MIL |
TXS |
IOW |
RIR |
WGL |
TOR |
EDM |
KTY |
MDO |
SNM |
CHI |
MOT |
HMS |
39th | 12 | |
2010 | Conquest Racing | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI7R V8 | SAO |
STP |
ALA |
LBH |
KAN |
IND |
TXS |
IOW |
WGL |
TOR |
EDM |
MDO |
SNM |
CHI |
KTY |
MOT |
HMS |
40th | 12 |
- 1 Run on same day.
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) |
Top 10s (Non-podium) |
Indianapolis 500 Wins |
Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Indy 500 results
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Dallara | Honda | 11th | 10th | Fernández |
2004 | G-Force | Honda | 12th | 10th | Rahal Letterman |
2005 | Dallara | Honda | 17th | 18th | Dreyer & Reinbold |
2006 | Panoz | Honda | 28th | 16th | Playa Del |
2007 | Dallara | Honda | 23rd | 21st | Dreyer & Reinbold |
2008 | Dallara | Honda | Failed to Qualify | Beck |